Analisa Nadine Torres
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2013 and confirmed by voice vote, Analisa Nadine Torres is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1984. Sources ↓
- Born
- 1959 · age 67
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2013
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard 1981 · Columbia Law School 1984
- Succeeded
- Naomi Reice Buchwald
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Southern District of New York succeeded Naomi Reice Buchwald | Obama (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| Harvard University | A.B. | 1981 |
| Columbia Law School | J.D. | 1984 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Torres was assigned 3,584 district-court cases (1990–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 172 days across 3,169 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 125 of Torres’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 95 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 14 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Analisa Nadine Torres?
- President Barack Obama appointed Analisa Nadine Torres to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 2013.
- Was Analisa Nadine Torres appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Analisa Nadine Torres was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Analisa Nadine Torres's confirmation vote?
- Analisa Nadine Torres was confirmed by voice vote on April 18, 2013. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Analisa Nadine Torres on?
- Analisa Nadine Torres is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
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13 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).